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| Snowboard star dies on Mont Blanc | Snowboard star dies on Mont Blanc |
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| Former French Olympic snowboard champion Karine Ruby has died following a mountain accident on Mont Blanc, French police say. | Former French Olympic snowboard champion Karine Ruby has died following a mountain accident on Mont Blanc, French police say. |
| They say Ruby, aged 31, was found along with a second victim in a crevasse, without giving any further details. | They say Ruby, aged 31, was found along with a second victim in a crevasse, without giving any further details. |
| Ruby won the giant slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympiade in Nagano, Japan, and took silver medal in Salt Lake City four years later. | Ruby won the giant slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympiade in Nagano, Japan, and took silver medal in Salt Lake City four years later. |
| She also had had six snowboard world champion titles to her name. | She also had had six snowboard world champion titles to her name. |
| Ruby retired in 2006. | Ruby retired in 2006. |
| Fabien Saguez, technical director of the French Ski Federation, described Ruby as "an icon of French sport (whose) impact went well beyond snowboard and skiing". |